Lake County Alumni Chapter Night at the Captains

Join the Lake County Alumni Chapter and fellow Flashes for a Lake County Captains game as they take on the Beloit Sky Carp. Tickets are $17 each and payment (cash, check and Venmo) will be accepted at the door. Each ticket includes one food voucher - you must RSVP here to reserve your ticket and voucher. Stick around at the end of the game to enjoy a postgame fireworks extravaganza!

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Please register by Friday, June 10. 

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Administrative policy and procedures regarding academic administrative structures: centers

  1. Purpose. The university recognizes and designates several types of academic administrative structures that serve to facilitate its academic mission. Centers created under this policy provide an organizational identity to selected programs and participating faculty, staff and students, and supplement and complement the mission of academic units. However, centers shall not serve as the site of primary academic appointments for faculty nor shall they offer any academic degree or certificate.
  2. Definitions.
    1. Center.
Policy Effective Date:
May 12, 2025

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Administrative policy and procedures regarding academic administrative structures: institutes

  1. Purpose. The university recognizes and designates several types of academic administrative structures that serve to facilitate its academic mission. Institutes created under this policy provide an organizational identity to selected programs and participating faculty, staff and students and supplement and complement the mission of academic units. However, institutes shall not serve as the site of primary academic appointments for faculty nor shall they offer any academic degree or certificate.
  2. Definitions.
    1. Institute.
Policy Effective Date:
May 12, 2025

Award winners Peggy and John Stratton and Kevin Korns

This year, Peggy and John Stratton, of New Philadelphia, are the 2022 recipients of the Kent State Tuscarawas Community Service Award. This recognition is given to valued members of the community who have generously made our community and Kent State University at Tuscarawas a better place. Providing scholarship support and educational opportunities to area students have become a passion for the Strattons at New Philadelphia High School, Buckeye Career Center and Kent State Tuscarawas. In 1993, John Stratton was on the founding board of the New Philadelphia High Quaker Foundation. The fou...

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University policy regarding textbook selection

  1. Policy statement. In order to provide more affordable options for students, and pursuant to Section 3345.025 of the Revised Code, faculty shall consider best practices in affordability in choosing course materials. These best practices include, but are not limited to, standardizing materials over multiple sections of the same course, the use of e-texts, the adoption of an inclusive access model, and the use of open educational resources. Pursuant to Section 133 (20 U.S.C.
Policy Effective Date:
May 12, 2025
College of Communication & Information

Emily Metzgar photo with Jargon overlay

I’m writing this column from the lobby of a terminally hip hotel at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, eagerly awaiting the return of 14 CCI students who cheerfully embraced an unexpected opportunity to explore Paris on a warm, spring afternoon. To quote The Princess Bride, “Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.” When offered the opportunity to accompany 14 CCI students en route to their three-week intersession course at Kent State’s campus in Florence, Italy, I jumped at it. Alas, like many of the best-laid travel plans, our group’s itinerary didn’t survive first contact...

Flash, Kent State University’s mascot, celebrates Kent State’s 112th birthday and the university’s first-ever Day of Giving with a thank you to donors.

Kent State University celebrated its 112th birthday on May 19 by launching its first-ever Day of Giving and raising $65,000 from more than 350 alumni, friends and partners in 24 hours. The blue and gold community came together in support of a variety of scholarships as part of the university’s Forever Brighter comprehensive campaign. The giving day featured more than 25 scholarship funds and an opportunity to match individual gifts up to $500 until the $15,000 in matching funds were exhausted. The gifts made on the Day of Giving will help students on all Kent State’s campuses focus on their...

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